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Musical Director: Tim Crompton |
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ABOUT US
Shaldon Singers is a friendly non-auditioned choir of about 60. We are always looking for new singers to join us - you will be made very welcome. We sing a wide range of classical music and give two concerts a year, in December and May. We support local charities with a retiring collection at each concert. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from 7.15 to 9 pm at St Peter’s Church in Shaldon, TQ14 0DB. If you are interested in joining Shaldon Singers, please contact Ann Pardoe (01626 873709) for information, or email [email protected]. An ability to read music is an advantage, but more important are enthusiasm and a commitment to attend rehearsals. Membership costs £85 a year, and two free taster rehearsals are offered to anyone wishing to try singing with us. Read about our Past Concerts here, and our Rules and Policies here. AUTUMN SESSION 2024 Rehearsals began in September, preparing for our concert on Saturday 7 December. The programme includes John Rutter's Gloria and James MacMillan's O Radiant Dawn. CHORAL WORKSHOP Saturday 5 April 2025 Mendelssohn's Elijah Musical Director Brian Kay, accompanist Peter Adcock, with soloists Tim Bagley and Anna Gregory. Tickets (£22) will be available on TicketSource from November. 
Shaldon Singers Christmas Concert 2022
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RECENT CONCERTS AND EVENTS
SPRING CONCERT
Saturday 18 May 2024 An appreciative audience enjoyed the Shaldon Singers concert at St Peter’s Church. Conducted by Tim Crompton, the choir was accompanied by the Shaldon Sinfonietta, and four excellent local soloists took part – Josie Walledge, Rebecca Squire, Jonathan Waterworth and Tim Mirfin. The Magnificat by Francesco Durante opened the concert, and the Sinfonietta also played one of his Concertos, which featured first violin solos played by leader Anna Cockroft, the choir’s regular rehearsal pianist. The main work in the programme was Mozart’s dramatic Requiem. The retiring collection was in aid of Dawlish Community Transport. Valerie Jeffery spoke about the charity which offers help to people, particularly wheelchair users, accessing shops, health appointments and leisure activities. It is also recovering from an arson attack last year which destroyed some of their vehicles. The collection raised in total £467. Many thanks to our generous audience and others who donated. ***** CHORAL WORKSHOP 2024 VERDI REQUIEM Saturday 27 April 2024 Musical Director Gavin Carr, accompanist Peter Adcock Soloists Catherine Hamilton, Rebecca Squire, Jon Waterworth and Julian Rippon. Thank you to everyone who came to our Verdi Requiem Workshop and we hope you enjoyed the day. We hope to see you back next year, on Saturday 5 April 2025, for Mendelssohn's Elijah, with Brian Kay as our MD. ***** CHRISTMAS CONCERT 9 December 2023 Both singers and an appreciative audience enjoyed a concert of festive music in St Peter's Church, directed by Tim Crompton and accompanied by renowned organist Andrew Millington,. Vivaldi’s ever popular Gloria opened the concert, and in this performance the Singers welcomed cello soloist Matthew Cusworth playing the Domine Deus movement. Other items included Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditse Devo, a setting of the Hail Mary prayer from the composer’s All Night Vigil of 1915, John Joubert’s There is No Rose of Such Virtue, a gentle and uplifting carol, and Elizabeth Poston’s simply beautiful Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. A highlight was Andrew Millington’s two seasonal organ solos: Alfred Hollins’ Christmas Cradle Song, and Carillon by Louis Vierne. Amanda Harrison read ‘The Christmas Shed’ by Wes Magee, and ‘Letter from Egypt’ by Moira Andrew was read by Evelyn Watson. Gill Willis gave a short talk about the Shaldon branch of the Cancer Research UK, and £440 was raised for the charity in the retiring collection. Many thanks to everyone for their generosity. ***** SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2024 - you can read our latest newsletter by clicking the link below. ******* We have made a recording of ourselves singing the Mozart Ave Verum Corpus. You can listen to the finished recording below. If you would like to make a donation to help with choir funds, we would be very grateful. You can do so through the Charities Aid Foundation using the Donate button below. 
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SHALDON SINGERS is a charity with a Registered Charity Number of 1164387
